**Title** 202011011317 Therapist should act like mirror, do not pre-determine anything. **Source** Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Date** 1 Nov 2020 **Tags** #language #differentiation #wittgenstein #ideals **Therapist should act like a mirror with no doctrines, theories, diagnosis, and simply reflect what is before it. A mirror does not determine anything, so therapist does not determine anything.** **Reference** "An aim of this book is to show that [[psychotherapy]] works best when the therapist is seen to act like a mirror and has no doctrines, diagnoses, or any dogmatic ‘musts’. A mirror simply reflects what is before it. It does not determine anything. So the therapist does not determine anything. She is not out to prove anything, neither that she has a technique or a theory nor the absence of them. This statement applies to herself. She neither asserts she is a mirror or tries to be one nor does she deny it. We are using a metaphor." [[202009071534 Notes Reading Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy. From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton]] Wittgenstein and Psychotherapy From Paradox to wonder. John M. Heaton **Cross-links**